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6 summaries matching “multiple” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids
Research overview: cave lion population structure and genetic lineages
OverviewThis overview examines studies of genetic diversity and population structure within the cave lion, based on ancient DNA from specimens spanning the species' range and time depth. Such analyses have re…
Research overview: cave lions in Upper Paleolithic cave art
OverviewThis overview examines depictions of cave lions in Upper Paleolithic art, most famously the powerful panel of lions at Chauvet Cave in France, along with engravings and figurines from across Ice Age E…
Research overview: mesowear and gross tooth-wear analysis in fossil felids
OverviewThis overview examines mesowear and other gross tooth-wear approaches as applied to extinct cats, which assess the cumulative shape and rounding of cusps to infer long-term dietary abrasiveness and ca…
Research overview: reconstructing cave lion hunting behaviour
OverviewThis overview examines how researchers reconstruct the hunting behaviour of the cave lion from anatomy, isotopes, prey associations, and prehistoric art. Skeletal proportions indicate a powerful ambus…
Research overview: the long global decline of the sabertooths
OverviewThis overview takes a deep-time perspective on the rise and fall of sabertooth cats, whose machairodont lineage flourished for more than ten million years before vanishing in the late Pleistocene. Aft…
Sabretoothed Carnivores and the Killing of Large Prey
PaperThis study examined how sabertooth carnivores killed large prey by comparing the anatomy and inferred mechanics of dirk- and scimitar-toothed forms across multiple lineages. The authors analysed featu…
Ki Andersson, David Norman, Lars Werdelin · PLoS ONE · 2011